. Birds of California : an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . Birds. BIRDS OF PREY 139 on the wing, they have a steadiness of flight unlike the bullet-like dash of some of the hawks, and more closdy resembling the flight of the gulls. Their call is a high-keyed whistle, which falls three tones in a plaintive minor key. Besides this, they utter a sharp, short squeak when darting down to seize their prey. Aside from the fact of his beauty and grace,
. Birds of California : an introduction to more than three hundred common birds of the state and adjacent islands, with a supplementary list of rare migrants, accidental visitants, and hypothetical subspecies . Birds. BIRDS OF PREY 139 on the wing, they have a steadiness of flight unlike the bullet-like dash of some of the hawks, and more closdy resembling the flight of the gulls. Their call is a high-keyed whistle, which falls three tones in a plaintive minor key. Besides this, they utter a sharp, short squeak when darting down to seize their prey. Aside from the fact of his beauty and grace, the food of the White-tail is such as to ^^"^ render him beneficial to farmers, ^*^^ and he should be protected by law fully as much as the game and song birds. Lizards, frogs, snakes, grasshoppers, and ««c#"/ beetles are his bill of fare, and these he consumes in great num- bers. Small birds do not fear him as they do the bird-eating species, and this alone is proof that he does not molest 328. White-tailed Kite. " Preyvng upon ihe field ; 331. MARSH HAWK. — Circus hudsonius. Family : The Falcons, Hawks, Eagles, etc. Length: jidiUt Male: Slate-color streaked with white; under parts and rump pure white ; breast and sides lightly speckled with reddish brown ; tail with alternate bands of brown and black, six or seven in number ; tips of wings black. Adult Feinale, mid Young: Rusty, more or less streaked with black. Downy Young: Rusty buff above, more or less washed with gray, and merging to whitish on lower Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wheelock, Irene Grosvenor; Horsfall, R. Bruce (Robert Bruce), 1869-1948. Chicago : A. C. McClurg
Size: 1350px × 1851px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectbirds, bookyear1912
